The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival includes 72 short films, 45 of which are world premieres; 53 are in competition. After receiving 3,553 submissions, the programmers curated a widely diverse and genre-spanning crop of provocative true-life stories and challenging fiction from 23 different countries, including Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, the…
52nd New York Film Festival Review: ‘Time Out of Mind’
Directed by Oren Moverman. Written by Jeffrey Caine (story) & Oren Moverman (screenplay, story) Starring Richard Gere, Jena Malone & Ben Vereen Now Playing at the 52nd New York Film Festival Oren Moverman’s ambitious ‘Time Out of Mind’ eschews a straightforward narrative with forward momentum, instead functioning as an evocative sensory experience and vivid portrait of…
Review: ‘The Skeleton Twins’
by Jake Kring-Schreifels Directed by Craig Johnson Starring Kristin Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson, Joanna Gleason & Ty Burrell The Skeleton Twins defies easy definition. Its stars, Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader, the versatile and frequently hilarious Saturday Night Live alums, suggest a comedy. The story, about estranged twins with suicidal tendencies and family dysfunction,…